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Is Accessibility to Dental Care Facilities in Rural Areas Associated with Number of Teeth in Elderly Residents?

Given that public transportation networks are less developed in rural than in urban areas, a lack of accessibility to dental care facilities could be a barrier to routine dental checkups. Thus, we hypothesized that the distance to the dental care facilities is a risk factor for tooth loss. The aim o...

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Autores principales: Hamano, Tsuyoshi, Takeda, Miwako, Tominaga, Kazumichi, Sundquist, Kristina, Nabika, Toru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28335583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030327